Confirmed death toll rises to 2 from chemical tank blast in southwest Washington
The death toll from Tuesday’s chemical tank rupture at a mill in southwest Washington has climbed to at least two people, while nine others remain “unrecovered,” according to authorities. Longview’s Fire Department said late Wednesday morning that a person transported from the scene for medical care after the tank burst had died from their injuries. Authorities confirmed the first fatality on Tuesday. Continue reading at Washington State Standard. (Mathieu Lewis-Rolland)
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Officials are still asking the public to avoid the area, as well as the surrounding dikes and ditches, due to possible chemical exposure. Along with state agencies investigating the tank rupture, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board announced Wednesday it had opened an investigation into what the agency described as “the fatal chemical tank implosion.” The independent federal agency, which is responsible for determining the causes of catastrophic releases of hazardous substances, sent a team to Longview. Continue reading at KNKX. (Eli Imadali)
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